Subject Area
Religion
Abstract
This dissertation considers the construction of widows, orphans, aliens, and Levites in deuteronomic law. Making use of multiple methodologies, literary criticism, Disability Studies, and food and foodway studies, this study argues that, in Deuteronomy, the members of the formulaic reference, “the alien, the orphan, and the widow,” often associated with “the Levite” operate as cultic functionaries and participate in cultic meals in order to secure stability and continuing abundance in the land for all of Israel.
Degree Date
Summer 8-6-2019
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Religious Studies
Advisor
Roy L. Heller
Second Advisor
Richard D. Nelson
Third Advisor
Serge Frolov
Fourth Advisor
Jeremy Schipper
Number of Pages
243
Format
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Strimple, Cheryl, "“And They Shall Eat Until They Are Satisfied:” Critical Disability Theory and Widows, Orphans, Aliens, and Levites in the Book of Deuteronomy" (2019). Religious Studies Theses and Dissertations. 15.
https://scholar.smu.edu/religious_studies_etds/15